The run over a 3,2 km course was conducted at the United States
Naval Air Station, Lemoore, in central California. The speed was validated by
two VBOX 3i GPS tracking systems, and assured as true and honest by official
VBOX personnel.
John Hennessey admitted the Bugatti Veyron has run 430,9 km/h, but
pointed out Bugatti limits the Veyron’s top speed to 415 km/h, leaving the
ambiguous award of fastest production car to Hennessey. His Venom GT is a highly
modified, but street-legal, Lotus Elise, with a V8 engine and
twin-turbochargers. The Venom GT weighs 1 244 kg and has a power-to-weight ratio
of 0,74 kW (one horsepower) per kilogram.
Hennessey plans to build only 29 of the Venom GTs, selling them
from $1,2 million
